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ReviewJournal of clinical medicine2024

Ultrasound Imaging in Knee Osteoarthritis: Current Role, Recent Advancements, and Future Perspectives.

Valerio D'Agostino, Angela Sorriento, Andrea Cafarelli, Danilo Donati, Nicolas Papalexis, Alessandro Russo, Gina Lisignoli, Leonardo Ricotti, Paolo Spinnato

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Review in Journal of clinical medicine, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

27 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Valerio D'AgostinoDiagnostic and Interventional Radiology, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Via GC Pupilli 1, 40136 Bologna, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5456-1645
Angela SorrientoThe BioRobotics Institute, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, 56127 Pisa, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5891-4508
Andrea CafarelliThe BioRobotics Institute, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, 56127 Pisa, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-0626-8652
Danilo DonatiClinical and Experimental Medicine PhD Program, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, 41121 Modena, Italy.
Nicolas PapalexisDiagnostic and Interventional Radiology, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Via GC Pupilli 1, 40136 Bologna, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-4764-6389
Alessandro RussoClinica 2, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, 40136 Bologna, Italy.
Gina LisignoliLaboratorio di Immunoreumatologia e Rigenerazione Tissutale, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, 40136 Bologna, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-2837-9967
Leonardo RicottiThe BioRobotics Institute, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, 56127 Pisa, Italy.
Paolo SpinnatoDiagnostic and Interventional Radiology, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Via GC Pupilli 1, 40136 Bologna, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-6060-3215

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

While conventional radiography and MRI have a well-established role in the assessment of patients with knee osteoarthritis, ultrasound is considered a complementary and additional tool. Moreover, the actual usefulness of ultrasound is still a matter of debate in knee osteoarthritis assessment. Despite that, ultrasound offers several advantages and interesting aspects for both current clinical practice and future perspectives. Ultrasound is potentially a helpful tool in the detection of anomalies such as cartilage degradation, osteophytes, and synovitis in cases of knee osteoarthritis. Furthermore, local diagnostic and minimally invasive therapeutic operations pertaining to knee osteoarthritis can be safely guided by real-time ultrasound imaging. We are constantly observing a growing knowledge and awareness among radiologists and other physicians, concerning ultrasound imaging. Ultrasound studies can be extremely useful to track the response to various therapies. For this specific aim, tele-ultrasonography may constitute an easy tool aiding precise and repeated follow-up controls. Moreover, raw radio-frequency data from US backscattering signals contain more information than B-mode imaging. This paves the way for quantitative in-depth analyses of cartilage, bone, and other articular structures. Overall, ultrasound technologies and their rapid evolution have the potential to make a difference at both the research and clinical levels. This narrative review article describes the potential of such technologies and their possible future implications.

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interventionalkneenarrative reviewosteoarthritistelemedicineultrasonographyultrasound imaging

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PMID39201072
PMCPMC11355885

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